FC Torpedo Kutaisi

FC Torpedo Kutaisi is a Georgian professional football club based in Kutaisi, Georgia's second largest city. 'Torpedo Kutaisi' was founded in 1946 and in just three years the club became the winner of the Football Championship of that time. Torpedo play their home games at Ramaz Shengelia Stadium.

FC Torpedo Kutaisi

Full name	Football Club Torpedo Kutaisi
Nickname(s)	FC Torpedo
Founded	1946 (1946)
Ground	Ramaz Shengelia Stadium Kutaisi, Georgia
Capacity	14,700
Chairman	Fabio Maninni
Manager	Mikheil Ashvetia
League	Erovnuli Liga
2019	6th
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

FC Torpedo Kutaisi was founded in 1946 on the base of Kutaisi Automotive Plant. In 1949 the club became the winner of the Georgian SSR Championship. In 1959 two football clubs "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" and "FC Locomotive Kutaisi" were united and the name remained "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". In 1962 "FC Torpedo Kutaisi" was firstly became a participant in the Soviet Top League. Many famous Georgian football players began their career in this club. For example, when Dinamo Tbilisi won UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1980–81, five footballers were the ex-players of FC Torpedo Kutaisi.

When the Georgian National Championships started in 1990, the club changed its name into "FC Kutaisi". But after three years, the club restored the old name. The last years of the 20th century and the beginning of the 21st were the most successful years in the club's history. During 1999–02 the club won five domestic titles. During that time most players of the Georgia national football team were from "FC Torpedo Kutaisi". Besides this, Georgian managers (Jemal Kherkhadze, David Kipiani, Revaz Dzodzuashvili, Otar Gabelia, Vladimir Gutsaev and others) worked in the club as a head coach and in the staff too.

After the season 2004–05, three times Georgian Premier League Champion and two times Georgian National Cup Winner FC Torpedo Kutaisi was dissolved. Its last game was in Borisov, Belarus against BATE Borisov (First Qualifying Round of UEFA Cup 2005–06) in which FC Torpedo Kutaisi lost 5–0. After this, a new football club "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was founded, but it was not the successor of FC Torpedo Kutaisi and had no titles. "FC Kutaisi Torpedo" was participating in the Georgian Premier League during two seasons (2005–06 and 2006–07), but due to financial reasons it was removed from the top league and began playing in the Pirveli Liga. In 2017 Torpedo won the championship for the first time in 15 years in the most dramatic circumstances. They played their last fixture in Tbilisi against title rivals Dinamo, and needed to win in order to capture the title, while their opponents needed just a draw. Torpedo had a 1–0 advantage when they conceded a penalty in the last minute of the game. However, the penalty was saved by the goalkeeper and a dramatic win saw Torpedo crowned champions of Georgia.

Honours

Erovnuli Liga

• Winners: (4) 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2017

Georgian Cup

• Winners: (4) 1998–99, 2000–01, 2016, 2018

Georgian Super Cup

• Winners: (2) 2018, 2019

Current squad

As of 5 August 2020[1][2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  GEO Soso Kopaliani 2 DF  GEO Vaja Tabatadze 3 DF  GEO Bakar Mirtskhulava 4 DF  GEO Lasha Kasradze 5 DF  GEO Tsotne Nadaraia 6 DF  SRB Vanja Marković 7 MF  GEO Zaza Tsitskishvili 8 DF  GEO Irakli Dzaria 9 MF  UKR Ivan Bobko 10 FW  UKR Vitaliy Ponomar 11 FW  GEO Davit Ionanidze 13 DF  GEO Giorgi Abzianidze 14 FW  GEO Giorgi Pantsulaia 16 MF  GEO Zaur Goguadze

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 GK  GEO Levan Shovnadze 18 MF  GEO Mate Abuladze 19 FW  GEO Otar Kvernadze 20 MF  GEO Tamaz Sharvashidze 21 DF  GEO Vakhtang Botchorishvili 22 MF  GEO Giorgi Janelidze 23 MF  GEO Oleg Mamasakhlisi 24 MF   SUI Giorgi Ivanishvili 29 GK  GEO Davit Asatiani 30 DF  GEO Luka Kapianidze 31 GK  GEO Demetre Buliskeria 33 DF  GEO Tornike Grigalashvili 35 DF  GEO Guram Adamadze 40 MF  GEO Beka Tugushi

European history

Overall record

Accurate as of 18 July 2019

Competition	Played	Won	Drew	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win%
UEFA Champions League	12	5	2	5	14	19	−5	041.67
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	22	5	2	15	27	48	−21	022.73
UEFA Intertoto Cup	4	2	1	1	9	3	+6	050.00
Total	38	12	5	21	50	70	−20	031.58

Legend: GF = Goals For. GA = Goals Against. GD = Goal Difference.

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1998	UEFA Intertoto Cup	1R	Erebuni	6–0	1–1	7–1
		2R	Lommel	1–2	1–0	2–2
1999–00	UEFA Cup	QR	Lantana	4–2	5–0	9–2
		1R	AEK	0–1	1–6	1–7
2000–01	UEFA Champions League	2QR	Crvena Zvezda	2–0	0–4	2–4
2001–02	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Linfield	1–0	0–0	1–0
		2QR	Copenhagen	1–1	1–3	2–4
2002–03	UEFA Champions League	1QR	B36 Tórshavn	5–2	1–0	6–2
		2QR	Sparta Prague	1–2	0–3	1–5
2003–04	UEFA Cup	QR	Lens	0–2	0–3	0–5
2005–06	UEFA Cup	1QR	BATE Borisov	0–1	0–5	0–6
2012–13	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Aktobe	1–1	0–1	1–2
2013–14	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Žilina	0–3	3–3	3–6
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Trenčín	0–3	1–5	1–8
2018–19	UEFA Champions League	1QR	FC Sheriff	2–1	0–3	2–4
	UEFA Europa League	2QR	Víkingur Gøta	3–0	4–0	7–0
		3QR	Kukësi	5–2	0–2	5–4
		PO	Ludogorets Razgrad	0–1	0–4	0–5
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1QR	Ordabasy	0–2	0–1	0–3

UEFA coefficient

Rank	Country	Team	Points
275		Torpedo Kutaisi	3.750

As of 8 August 2019.

Seasons

Key

P = Played W = Games won D = Games drawn L = Games lost F = Goals for A = Goals against Pts = Points Pos = Final position

UML = Umaglesi Liga ERL = Erovnuli Liga PIL = Pirveli Liga STL = Soviet Top League SFL = Soviet First League SSL = Soviet Second League STL = Soviet Third League GSSR Cup = Georgian Soviet Society Republic Cup DSSC = Dinamo Soviet Society Championship GW = Group White Z = Zone TUR = Union republics

R1 = First round R2 = Second round GS = Group stage PR = Preliminary Round QR = Qualifying Round 1Q = First Qualifying Round 2Q = Second Qualifying Round

Champions

Runners-up

Third place

Promoted

Relegated

Results of league and cup competitions by season

Season	Division	P	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Pos	Domestic Cup	Federation Cup	GSSR Cup	Super Cup	UEFA FIFA	Name	Goals
	League														Top goalscorer
1946	STL	12	2	2	8	12	20	6	4th		n/a				?	?
1948	DSSC	1	0	0	1	1	3	0	​^1⁄2		n/a				?	?
1949	SFL/UR	26	16	8	2	58	25	40	2nd	1/32	n/a	Runners-up			?	?
1953										1/64	n/a				?	?
1955										Z4,1/128	n/a				?	?
1957	SFL/Z3	30	16	6	8	54	28	38	6th	Z3,1/2	n/a				Guram Gomelauri, Omar Kakhiani	10
1958	SFL/Z4	30	17	6	7	66	35	40	4th	Z4,1/4	n/a				?	?
1959	SFL/Z3	26	11	6	9	36	34	28	6th	n/a	n/a				Amiran Zardania, Givi Lejava	10
1960	SFL	30	21	7	2	70	21	49	1st	Z3,1/4	n/a				?	?
1961	SFL	30	22	2	6	49	23	46	1st	1/32	n/a				Givi Lejava	15
1962	STL	18	7	5	6	21	16	19	15th	1/16	n/a				Valerian Chkhartishvili	7
1963	STL	38	6	21	11	22	37	33	12th	1/16	n/a				Roman Siradze	5
1964	STL	32	10	7	15	20	37	27	13th	1/16	n/a				Valerian Chkhartishvili	9
1965	STL	32	8	3	21	29	69	19	16th	1/16	n/a				Jumber Khajalia	10
1966	STL	36	9	10	17	44	59	28	15th	1/16	n/a				Jumber Khajalia	11
1967	STL	36	8	15	13	37	50	31	13th	1/16	n/a				Demuri Vekua	10
1968	STL	38	9	10	19	27	48	28	19th	1/16	n/a				Demuri Vekua	11
1969	STL	26	4	6	16	20	50	14	14th	1/16	n/a				Jemal Kherkhadze	16
1970	STL	32	6	11	15	24	42	23	16th	1/8	n/a				Jemal Kherkhadze	9
1971	SFL	42	12	15	15	47	53	39	11th	1/16	n/a				Demuri Vekua	10
1972	SFL	38	19	6	13	49	32	44	5th	1/16	n/a				Jemal Kherkhadze	12
1973	SFL	38	16	4	18	40	46	34	9th	1/16	n/a				Jemal Kherkhadze	8
1974	SFL	38	14	10	14	37	42	38	8th	1/32	n/a				Jemal Kherkhadze, Merab Chakhunashvili	8
1975	SFL	38	18	13	7	55	31	49	3rd	PR	n/a				Ramaz Shengelia	15
1976	SFL	38	13	15	10	46	38	41	7th	R2	n/a				Ramaz Shengelia	12
1977	SFL	38	15	8	15	45	48	38	9th	R1	n/a				Giorgi Gabechvadze	9
1978	SFL	38	14	9	15	44	41	37	9th	R1	n/a				Badri Parulava, Aleksandre Kvernadze	7
1979	SFL	46	17	15	14	44	40	46	11th	GS	n/a				Aleksandre Kvernadze	9
1980	SFL	46	18	9	19	62	54	45	13th	GS	n/a				Aleksandre Kvernadze	9
1981	SFL	46	26	4	16	57	46	56	2nd	GS	n/a				Deviz Darjania	19
1982	STL	34	10	10	14	39	45	30	13th	GS	n/a				Merab Megreladze	19
1983	STL	34	4	12	18	26	58	18[3]	16th	1/4	n/a				Merab Megreladze	8
1984	SFL	42	23	9	10	76	55	55	2nd	1/16	n/a				Otar Korghalidze	24
1985	STL	34	11	9	14	40	51	31	11th	1/32	n/a				Merab Megreladze	8
1986	STL	30	5	7	18	24	60	17	16th	1/16	GS				Otar Korgalidze	8
1987	SFL	42	11	12	19	30	51	34	21st	1/16					Yason Bzikadze, Melori Bigvava, Gocha Gogrichiani, Aleksandre Kvernadze, Giorgi Tkavadze, David Ugrelidze, Vasili Shengelia	3
1988	SSL	30	24	4	2	70	21	52	1st	1/32					Merab Megreladze	29
1989	SFL	42	18	5	19	69	73	41	13th	1/4					Merab Megreladze	33
1990	UML[4]	34	20	5	9	62	33	65	4th	1/4[5]					Teimuraz Paikidze	10
1991	UML	19	11	2	6	34	30	35	3rd	n/a[6]					Mamuka Khundadze	10
1991–92	UML	38	15	4	19	66	60	49	11th	1/2					David Janashia	17
1992–93	UML	32	16	4	12	70	54	52	5th	1/2					Mamuka Khundadze	19
1993–94	UML	32	15	7	10	56	49	52	3rd	1/16					Mirza Maglakelidze	13
1994–95	UML	30	14	2	14	58	47	44	6th	1/8					Mamuka Khundadze	25
1995–96	UML	30	15	7	8	69	49	52	7th	1/4					Mikheil Ashvetia	31
1996–97	UML	30	14	4	12	70	58	46	5th	1/8					Mikheil Ashvetia	24
1997–98	UML	30	15	9	6	51	30	54	4th	1/8					Giorgi Megreladze	17
1998–99	UML	30	21	4	5	73	27	67	2nd	Winners			Runners-up	Intertoto Cup – R2	Zurab Ionanidze	16
1999–00	UML	28	19	7	2	70	16	64	1st	Runners-up			n/a	UEFA Cup – R1	Zurab Ionanidze	27
2000–01	UML	32	20	8	4	49	15	68	1st	Winners			n/a	UEFA Champions League – 2Q	Zurab Ionanidze	11
2001–02	UML	32	23	5	4	64	18	74	1st	Runners-up			n/a	UEFA Champions League – 2Q	Andriy Poroshin	17
2002–03	UML	32	22	6	4	65	20	72	2nd	1/2				UEFA Champions League – 2Q	Zurab Ionanidze	28
2003–04	UML	32	15	6	11	46	38	51	7th	Runners-up				UEFA Cup – QR	Suliko Davitashvili	20
2004–05	UML	36	20	10	6	56	31	70	2nd	1/4					Giorgi Megreladze	23
2005–06	UML	30	8	6	16	28	42	30	12th	1/8				UEFA Cup – 1Q	Mamuka Gongadze, Otar Kvernadze	4
2006–07	UML	26	9	4	13	24	35	31	7th[7]	1/4					David Gamezardashvili	4
2007–08	PIL	27	11	6	10	38	31	39	11th	GS					?	?
2008–09	PIL	30	14	3	13	32	22	45	9th	1/16					?	?
2009–10	PIL	28	22	4	2	70	12	70	1st	R2					Revaz Kvernadze	14
2010–11	UML	36	14	13	9	31	22	55	4th	Runners-up					Giorgi Megreladze	14
2011–12	UML	36	20	7	9	50	32	67	3rd	1/4				UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Revaz Gotsiridze	13
2012–13	UML	32	19	7	6	57	30	64	3rd	1/4				UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Nika Sabanadze	12
2013–14	UML	32	14	6	12	43	44	48	7th	1/4				UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Nika Sabanadze	13
2014–15	UML	30	10	11	9	39	33	41	8th	1/4					Otar Kvernadze	10
2015–16	UML	30	14	6	10	50	42	48	6th	1/4					Tornike Kapanadze	9
2016	UML/GW	12	4	3	5	16	12	15	6th	Winners					Oleg Mamasakhlisi	5
2017	ERL	36	23	7	6	59	27	76	1st	Runners-up			Runners-up	UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Tornike Kapanadze	14
2018	ERL	36	20	9	7	66	25	69	3rd	Winners			Winners	UEFA Champions League – 1Q UEFA Europa League – Play-off	Tornike Kapanadze	21
2019	ERL	36	12	8	16	53	54	44	6	1/2			Winners	UEFA Europa League – 1Q	Budu Zivzivadze	13
2020	ERL	9	2	3	4	7	13	9	7	1/16					Giorgi Pantsulaia	4

Managers

• Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1978), (1988–89)
• David Kipiani (1 July 1999 – Sept 17, 2001)
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1 June 2001 – 1 Jan 2002)
• Otar Gabelia (2004–05)
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili (1 June 2005 – 1 June 2007)
• Giorgi Kiknadze (1 Feb 2007 – 1 March 2007)
• Nestor Mumladze (1 July 2010 – Sept 24, 2010)
• Gia Gigatadze (3 Nov 2010 – 30 June 2011)
• Giorgi Kiknadze (1 July 2011 – Sept 11)
• Zaza Zamtaradze (1 July 2011 – Sept 25, 2011)
• Gia Geguchadze (1 Oct 2011 – 31 May 2013)
• Gerard Zaragoza (31 May 2013 – 31 Dec 2013)
• Revaz Dzodzuashvili (10 Jan 2014 – 7 Dec 2015)
• Giorgi Daraselia (15 Dec 2014 – 5 Oct 2016)
• Kakhaber Chkhetiani (Oct, 2016 – Dec, 2019)
• Mikheil Ashvetia (7 Feb 2020 – )

Notes and references

1. "Squad". Retrieved 17 September 2018.
2. "Torpedo squad". Soccerway. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
3. -2 points
4. Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation - federation of native country.
5. Georgian clubs quit the USSR Football Federation and joined the Georgian Football Federation – federation of native country.
6. due to changing the basis of the calendar from spring/autumn to autumn/spring, 1991 season the cup competition did not conducted
7. FC Torpedo Kutaisi was relegated due to financial reasons by GFF. See the final standings

External links

• Official page of FC Torpedo Kutaisi in English
• Official Facebook page of FC Torpedo Kutaisi
• Official Instagram page of FC Torpedo Kutaisi
• Official Twitter of FC Torpedo Kutaisi
• Official Youtube channel of FC Torpedo Kutaisi
• Official page of Georgian Football Federation
• Torpedo on UEFA.com
• http://wildstat.com/p/7001/club/GEO_Torpedo_Kutaisi
• http://wildstat.com/p/7001/club/URS_Torpedo_Kutaisi

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